John Trice Nixon
John Trice Nixon | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | |
Assumed office August 15, 1998 | |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | |
In office 1991–1998 | |
Preceded by | Thomas A. Wiseman Jr. |
Succeeded by | Robert L. Echols |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | |
In office May 12, 1980 – August 15, 1998 | |
Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
Preceded by | Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629 |
Succeeded by | Aleta Arthur Trauger |
Personal details | |
Born |
John Trice Nixon January 9, 1933 New Orleans, Louisiana |
Children | Mignon Nixon |
Parents | Herman Clarence Nixon |
Education |
Harvard University (A.B.) Vanderbilt University Law School (LL.B.) |
John Trice Nixon (born January 9, 1933) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Education
John Trice Nixon was born on January 9, 1933 in New Orleans, Louisiana.[1] His father, Herman Clarence Nixon, was a political scientist at Vanderbilt University and a member of the Southern Agrarians.[2] Nixon graduated from Harvard University, where he received a Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1955.[1] He served in the United States Army in 1958.[1] He earned a Bachelor of Laws from the Vanderbilt University Law School in 1960.[1]
Career
Nixon was in private practice as a lawyer in Anniston, Alabama from 1960 to 1962.[1] He served as city attorney of Anniston from 1962 to 1964.[1] He was a trial attorney of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice from 1964 to 1969.[1] He returned to private practice from 1969 to 1971.[1] He then served as a staff attorney of Office of the State Comptroller in Tennessee from 1971 to 1976.[1] Moving to Nashville, Tennessee in 1976, he practiced law there until 1977.[1] He then served as a judge of the Circuit Court of Tennessee from 1977 to 1978, and as a judge of the Tennessee Court of General Sessions from 1978 to 1980.[1]
Federal judicial service
Nixon was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on February 27, 1980, to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629.[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 9, 1980, and received his commission on May 12, 1980.[1] He served as Chief Judge from 1991 to 1998, and assumed senior status on August 15, 1998.[1]
Personal life
Nixon married Betty C. Nixon.[2] They had a daughter, Mignon Nixon,[2] who is a Professor at University College London (UCL) in London.
References
Legal offices | ||
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Preceded by Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629 |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee 1980–1998 |
Succeeded by Aleta Arthur Trauger |
Preceded by Thomas A. Wiseman Jr. |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee 1991–1998 |
Succeeded by Robert L. Echols |